International holidays - Charlie Chaplin Day

Silent and sound film actor, director and screenwriter, editor, producer and composer Charlie Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889 The comedian's long life was full of a series of ups and downs Fans applauded him, critics sang his praises, and at the same time he was persecuted for political reasons, persecuted for his sympathy with communist views But the vicissitudes of life’s path did not break the comedian The contribution of this epic personality to the development of cinema can hardly be overestimated, so on April 16, Charlie Chaplin Day is celebrated all over the world The actor, in addition to political charges, was charged with moral turpitude by a commission of the US Immigration Department For this reason, he was unable to return to America until the end of his days, leaving it briefly in 1952 for England Like all creative people, Chaplin was an addicted person, preferring underage girls Despite the comical image of the Tramp, a clumsy and slow hero, created in the cinema, in life the actor was very popular with women Chaplin was interested in both the actresses he filmed in his own films and women not associated with cinema Charlie Chaplin's first love was Hattie Kelly She was a ballerina who worked in the London musical show "Yankee Dudds Girls" The 19-year-old actor, madly in love, was surprised to meet a rebuff from the girl Hattie Kelly did not reciprocate Chaplin's feelings, pointing out the 4-year age difference and being indignant at the fact that she was only 15 years old Before this meeting, Chaplin had already been in a marriage, which he never mentioned in his autobiography The comedian married an even younger girl at the age of 16, who bore him a son After the breakup, Charlie took the child to raise for himself In addition to this boy, the actor had 11 more children from different marriages, which also indicates the love of love of the brilliant comedian Chaplin's second son, who died in infancy, was given birth to by Mildred Harris, whom he met in 1917 And although the actor wrote in his memoirs that his future wife was 19 years old, some sources talk about the 14-year-old bride whom the comedian led down the aisle in 1918 G Lilita Gray, his next wife, who played Playful Angel in Charlie's film "Baby", gave him two more sons She met Chaplin as a 16-year-old schoolgirl The relatives of the pregnant Lita insisted on getting married, who threatened the actor with a trial and a fine of 10 million dollars for molesting a minor Chaplin's last great love was Una O'Neill, whose marriage was registered in 1943 The age difference between the bride and groom was 54 years old and was 36 years After the wedding, her father, playwright Eugene O'Neill, cut off all contact with his daughter Jerome Salinger was madly in love with Una, an aspiring model and actress The future writer was going to marry her after returning from the army However, the beauty's heart went to Charlie Chaplin, to whom Una gave birth to 8 children - 3 sons and 5 daughters “Without love, everything is nothing” These words belong to the Apostle Paul Do we have the right to condemn a genius for his frequent passions of the heart? Charlie Chaplin gave the world 14 full-length films and more than 60 short films The heroes of his films made viewers rejoice and laugh through tears, saved them from despondency, instilling hope in a bright future On April 16, the whole world pays tribute to the talent of the great actor, director and screenwriter, celebrating Charlie Chaplin Day